LOCAL CULTURE
Throw Away Your To-Do List & Schedule Pleasure
LINDA DROSDOWECH
BY LINDA DROSDOWECH PHOTOS BY STUDIO 78
“Be consistent” “Be disciplined” “Be professional” “Be organized” “Be productive” “Be anyone but yourself…?!” When I first started my coaching career, I followed the typically structured, unforgiving, patriarchal model to run my business. Push, hustle and grind were the mantras du jour. “If I just follow my to-do list, never stop for breaks, and wake up at 5 am, I’ll beat my procrastination and flagging energy into submission, and create the business of my dreams.” 40
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White knuckling it did help me get stuff done - for a while. I learned to trust myself to do what I said I’d do, and to work through discomfort, fear of failure, and rejection. All great skills I use today. But the success I achieved felt joyless and empty - like I was living someone else’s ideal life. I ignored the stress, fatigue and the way my body wanted to jump out of its skin when I sat down to work. Procrastination returned as my whole self rebelled against rigid expectations. In desperation I signed up for Summer of Yes; a program run by Life Coach Susan Hyatt that promised adding in more pleasure and delight to my life would also pay off in my business. I learned to put myself on the top of my to-do list. Yoga classes set to live music - yes, please. Making time for
